Roche Wines
Roche Wines
AboutRoche Wines
Pénélope and Dylan Roche grow grapes and make wine on British Columbia’s Naramata Bench. Pénélope trained in viticulture and winemaking, and her family cared for Bordeaux’s Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion for six generations before its sale in 2010. Vancouver-born Dylan studied winemaking in Beaune and worked in Chablis, New Zealand and Bordeaux.
The couple moved to the Okanagan in May 2011, making wine in rented space before opening their own winery in 2017. They make small lots and farm their estate vineyards using organic methods.
Roche 2024 Artist Series Pinot Blanc
Canadian White
Pear and citrus meet a mineral undertone in this clean, refreshing Pinot Blanc. The fruit came from Winter's Hill Estate Vineyard in Dundee Hills, Oregon, after cold damage reduced the Okanagan harvest. The wine was made and bottled at the Naramata Bench winery. The project includes grower Russell Gladhart, and total production was three hundred twenty cases.